Nursing homes ‘not to blame’

NURSING homes are not to blame for being unable to deliver proper medical care to all their elderly patients, doctors representatives have claimed.

Dr Finbarr Corkery, president, Irish College of General Practitioners (ICGP), said individual patients needed different levels of care and nursing homes were not always in a position to tailor services to needs.

His comments come in the wake of criticism last month by a High Court judge of the care provided by a nursing home in Dublin.